ST_Osmanthus

ST_osmanthus on AO3; been around the block a few times; this whole blog will be dedicated to my ZoLu brainworm.

[lemonlysunny]

Green boi 🌱⚔️

[wulleooo]

happy birthday perona

[st-osmanthus]

This is exactly how I wrote Perona. No notes.

[st-osmanthus]

I updated Roronoa Zoro Is a Terrible Boyfriend again, but I feel like people are gonna be mad at me because it’s not a continuation of the story….. It’s an interlude showing Zoro and Luffy’s first meeting from Zoro’s POV.

Anyway, don’t be mad, please. I’m working on the actual next chapter!

[st-osmanthus]

We don’t talk enough about how Zoro tosses his swords aside at Thriller Bark. Once he makes his decision and is told by Kuma that taking on Luffy’s pain would kill him, Zoro removes all three of his swords and just… yeets them. Symbolically, this is huge. This is Zoro giving up everything for Luffy. No hesitation. He even throws Wado!

If the live action gets to this point, the only change I would like to see is instead of tossing all three swords, I wanna see Zoro draw Wado and insert it into the ground next to Luffy; or, I’d like to see him place all three swords by Luffy’s side. Because the swords are his devotion, the swords are his way of supporting Luffy’s ambitions. I would like to think that even if Zoro believes he will die, he’d want his swords by Luffy’s side to fulfill his promise to Luffy.

[koipepo]

Love all zolus still....

the last one feels like a p*rno setup lmao (it is)

[st-osmanthus]

Zoro/Luffy fic idea that I’d wanna read but don’t have time to write:

ABO AU where omega-Zoro is a teacher/coach several years older than his alpha, Luffy. Due to the age gap, Zoro does his best to resist his newly presented alpha, but Luffy is young, brash, and isn’t worried about much except going after what (and whom) he wants.

As with canon, Luffy is selfish and Zoro is stressed.

Has this been written yet?! If not, PLEASE, someone who is definitely not me should write it.

🙏

[katsu-not-found]

kiss day 💚❤️

[st-osmanthus]

Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Zoro looks at Luffy.

[st-osmanthus]

Zoro wanting to become a police officer in the latest chapter of my modern-day high school AU fic is based on Oda’s answer in this SBS.

Fun fact: the prestigious All Japan Kendo Championship has been consistently won by police officers throughout the last 50 years. I think something like 40 out of 50 winners have been police. Japan’s larger police departments churn out the most champions. Apparently, in particular, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police has one of the best kendo academies in the world.

Some fans have questioned why Oda would make Zoro a cop, which is basically a modern marine. Setting aside the fact that cops are perceived differently in Japanese culture than they are in the west, I think the kendo connection makes Zoro’s career choice a bit more reasonable.

Anyway, I just thought this was a fun tidbit about Zoro’s character and wanted to include it in my story.

[st-osmanthus]

The thing about writing a long ZoLu fic from a third-party perspective is that readers don’t get to see all the private, one-on-one time between the two main characters who are falling in love. I’m so happy that Roronoa Zoro Is a Terrible Boyfriend gets the reception it does, because I was very worried readers would lose interest when 50k words in, we’re still only seeing the ZoLu develop from Sanji’s perspective.

With that being said, I’m writing a standalone chapter retelling how Zoro and Luffy met and became friends. Because this scene from the Hungry Days commercial has been the driving force behind this fic and I NEED TO WRITE IT.

[st-osmanthus]

Chapter 8 of Roronoa Zoro Is a Terrible Boyfriend is now up!

In this chapter, which clocks in at nearly 12,000 words, questions are finally answered. And there's drama.

I ended up really liking this chapter, so I hope you enjoy!

[st-osmanthus]

I swear I am writing, and I have a good chunk of the next chapter of Roronoa Zoro is a Terrible Boyfriend done. It’s just been a horrendous month of crazy projects at work, followed by me being stupid sick, and then my kids being sick.

It’s coming, just very slowly!

[st-osmanthus]

Will update either tomorrow or Monday, depending on how long it takes me to edit this beast of a chapter.

[st-osmanthus]

I swear I am writing, and I have a good chunk of the next chapter of Roronoa Zoro is a Terrible Boyfriend done. It’s just been a horrendous month of crazy projects at work, followed by me being stupid sick, and then my kids being sick.

It’s coming, just very slowly!

[kitsuzoro]

let's make sure zoro gets a good spot in global popularity poll! vote zoro daily. vote on different devices. make your friends vote with their devices too! you can vote three times from one device every day! 1- on website 2- spot voting (votes get special visuals here!) 3- one piece base app

qr code for spot voting if the link doesn't work:

[assiraphales]

Zoro is number two in popularity poll right now but the official channel said he's very close with Sanji. Please help us keep Zoro at number 2 because your posts are shared often.

keep luffy’s babygurl in the babygurl spot

[giuliadrawsstuff]

I'm sorry but this Zoro is illegal, he's too hot. i had to redraw him with a Nika

The complete color spread I got Zoro from.

[userfpurteen]

napping

[st-osmanthus]

Whats ur thought on zoro and luffy falling under the asexual spectrum?

Short answer is, in fandom, I don’t think this matters. lol. It’s not like a character’s canon sexuality has ever stopped fans from shipping them every which way.

Long answer is complicated. Because you can look at it as what the creator intended vs. what the creator unintentionally made. And from what I recall, Oda has never said Luffy is asexual; just that Luffy’s current priority is adventuring. But unintentionally, Oda has written both Luffy and Zoro as asexual. This could just be a consequence of not having the time to spend on giving them any romantic interests. Or, more likely, it’s because their romantic lives have no bearing on the story whatsoever. Compare this to Roger, who needed to have a romantic partner because it’s consequential to the story for him to have a child.

Or, you can ignore the presence of the creator and just focus on the reader. As readers, as fans, as shippers, should it matter whether Luffy and Zoro fall under the asexual spectrum?

Again, short answer, no. lol. They’re fictional characters. Play with them however you want.

Of course, if a fanfic writer wants to place their asexuality as the focal point of a story, then yes, their asexuality matters. If a writer wants to ship Zoro with someone else and stresses that Luffy is ace to get Luffy out of the way, then yes, that matters.

For me, personally, it hasn’t mattered. Asexuality is such a broad spectrum in the first place, and it doesn’t necessarily mean a complete disinterest in sex and romance. I fall under the spectrum myself, tbh. If I had to put them in a box, I’d say I HC them as demisexual. And if I look back on my fics, if I look at their relationship in canon over the last 25+ years, demisexual just makes the most sense to me.